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REPORT. 
though suffering from a cold, sang two songs very sweetly, 
and the Empress Mandoline Quartette played several excellent 
selections on that pretty instrument. 
The thanks of the Society are due to the ladies and 
gentlemen who assisted in various ways towards making the 
evening a great success in every respect. 
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The Council of the Selborne Society has pleasure in presenting to 
the members its Report for the year 1895. 
There has been a very satisfactory increase in the strength of the 
Society, both in point of numbers and influence, during the year. A new 
branch has been formed for the district of Abinger and Shere, near 
Dorking. Miss Forster, of West Hackhurst, Abinger, has kindly con- 
sented to act as the Honorary Secretary. 
At the special general meeting held on November 5 at the Society’s 
rooms, the following rule was adopted in order to facilitate the formation 
of junior branches at schools : — 
That a junior branch ynay he formed, at a school or elsewhere, of 
persons under age, upon the written apirlication of an adult, who shall 
be held responsible for the conduct of such branch, shall be a full mem- 
ber of the Society, and shall represent the branch upon the Council. 
That junior branches be subject to the general rules of the Society, 
with the following exceptions : — («) That the subscriptions of members 
of junior branches be fixed by their respective Committees, but only such 
members as subscribe 5s. per annum and upwards shall be full members 
of the Selborne Society, {b) That no payment be due from junior- 
branches to the General Fund except an annual subscription of not less 
than 5s. (c) That each junior branch be entitled to receive the magazine. 
{(i) That the members of junior branches be styled .Associates of the 
Selborne Society. The Council hopes by this means to encourage the 
formation of br anches consisting of juveniles, and thus promote the study 
of natural history on the lines of the Society, and it would appeal to the 
principals of colleges and schools throughout the countr-y either to assist 
in their formation or to allow existing junior natural history societies to 
become in this way associated with the work of the Selborne Society. A 
junior iDtanch has been formed at Dover College in accordance with the 
new rule. Mr. Bernard F. Hall has kindly undertaken the post of 
Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Branch. 
